After beginning youth baseball at the age of five, Dugas joined travel teams that visited Florida and Texas.
[2] Playing for the school's baseball team, Dugas had a .640 batting average with 10 home runs in his senior year.
[4] In 2010, his sophomore season, Dugas had a .395 batting average, and led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with a .525 on-base percentage and 59 walks.
[8] Though the Cubs offered Dugas a $300,000 signing bonus, Dugas opted not to sign, instead returning to the Crimson Tide for his senior year,[4][8] both for the opportunity to graduate, win with the Crimson Tide, and to set career offensive records.
[2] He set Crimson Tide career records with 334 hits, 235 singles, 67 doubles, and 18 triples.
[13] Dugas split the 2015 season with Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, before being promoted to the major leagues on July 1, after an injury to Carlos Beltrán.
[18] In August 2023, Dugas was hired as an assistant coach for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team, joining Bobby Barbier's new staff.
[8][11] His older brother, Tyler, was an All-State high school player and played college baseball at McNeese State University.